Records show Richmond officials in 2017 declined two bids from contractors that offered to upgrade the water treatment plant’s switchgear — the component that failed during a power outage this month, leading to the city’s six-day water crisis.
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Richmond’s Public Utilities and Services Commission, created by City Council, is attempting to question Deputy DPU Director Eric Whitehurst regarding the water crisis.
— Samuel B. Parker (@SamuelParkerRTD) January 30, 2025
But Emily Messer, a city attorney, keeps cutting off the commission members and objecting to their questions. pic.twitter.com/mDEVfGx6tY
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Mayor Danny Avula gives and update on the ongoing water boil advisory, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that the city for at least eight years had failed to follow through on its plan to address the switchgear at the water treatment plant, seen from the air on Jan. 7. Officials have said the switchgear was at least 25 years old.
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Outgoing House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, is shown in January leaving Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office carrying bottles of water on the first day of the legislative session, which coincided with a Richmond water outage.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
Through Our Lens: Richmond's January Water Crisis
The Richmond Water Treatment Plant, shown from the air, lost power last month after a winter storm dropped 3 inches of snow on the city.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
The Hotel John Marshall sign can be seen through snow.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
A person walks through the snow in Monroe Park.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
An aerial view shows the Richmond Water Treatment Plant, where a power outage earlier this month led to a systemwide failure that left the city without drinkable water for six days.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
Mayor Danny Avula arrives at a press conference to address the ongoing water boil advisory at the Richmond Public Library.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
Mayor Danny Avula speaks about the ongoing water outage at a press conference at the Richmond Public Library.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
A bathroom is closed at the Virginia State Capitol Building as the city of Richmond is under a water boil advisory, on the first day of the legislative session.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
Outgoing House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah, is shown in January leaving Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office carrying bottles of water on the first day of the legislative session, which coincided with a Richmond water outage.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
VCU head coach Ryan Odom signals to his players during a basketball game against Fordham at the Siegel Center. The game took place without spectators because of the ongoing water crisis in Richmond.
- MIKE KROPF photos, TIMES-DISPATCH
Members of the National Guard and the Richmond Police Department unload water at a distribution site at Southside Plaza. The National Guard helped to distribute water while the city went without potable water for six days.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
Mary Barnett, a volunteer with Bridging RVA, loads a case of water into a truck at a distribution site at Southside Plaza.
- MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH
Mayor Avula walks through a water distribution site at Southside Plaza.
- MIKE KROPF photos, TIMES-DISPATCH
In this Series
Updates | Coverage of Richmond water outage from The Times-Dispatch
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